Bottle-carrier for bottling establishments.



PATENTED JULY 23, 19 07.

v .M. w. NORKBWITZ. BOTTLE CARRIER FOR BOTTLING BSTABLISHMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1906. RENEWED JUNE 22, 1907.

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PATENTED JULY 23, 1907.

M. W. NORKBWITZ. I BOTTLE CARRIER FOR BOTTLING ESTABLISHMENTS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 9, 1906. RENEWED JUNE 22. 1907- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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To all whom it may Be it known that I, Max W. Nonxnwr'rz, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeffersonand State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements inBottle-Carriers for Bottling Establishments, of which the following is aspecification;

This invention relates particularly to machinery for bottlingestablishments and it is' intended primarily to dispose of the bottlesexpeditiously from a gang of labeling machines and facilitatetheoperation of packing them in cases.

My invention is intended for useprincipally in those bottlingestablishments where a number of brands of beer or other liquid'arebottled and labeled atthe same time and its object is to provide meansfor carrying the bottles away from a gang of labeling machines to thepacking tables and without mixing them;

Further objects and the advantages of the invention Will be pointed outhereafter in a detailed description thereof with reference to theaccompanying drawings which show one embodiment of the invention and inwhich Figure l is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 isa diagrammatic plan view. Figs. 4 and 5 are transverse'sectional viewson the lines 4-4 and 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view ofa portion of guide rollers 12 are mounted on axles l3 journaled inbearings 14 on the frame. A sprocket wheel 15 is mounted on a drivingshaft 16 at one end of the frame and a smaller sprocket wheel 17 ismounted on a shaft 18 journaled in adjustable bearing blocks 19 at theother end of the frame. A carrier 20 is driven over .these sprocketwheels by the driving sprocket 15 and it travels between the guides 11.v

I am aware that carriers of many different kinds may be employed for thepurpose of my invention and I do not restrict myself to the particularform of carrier herein shown and described although I have found it tobe very satisfactoryin actual practice and to have certain Specificationof Letters Patent. Application filed November 9, 190 Serial No. 342,622.

Renewed J me 22, 1907. Serial No. 380,244.

chain. A table 27 is suitably supported on the frame at one side of thecarrier and'a table 28 is supported by brackets 29 on the other side ofthe table, these brackets being adjustable on the frame so that thetable '28 can be arranged on an exact level with the upper surface ofthe carrier belt.

The carrier is located adjacent to a gang of labeling machines 30 (Fig.3) and these machines are preferably spaced apart to enable theoperators to stand between the machines andalongside the carrier. 'Anarm 31 is supported on the frame 10 adjacent to the labeling ina chinedesignated 30 and it extends above and parallel with the carrier at theedge thereof. Arms 32 are also supported on the frame 10 and extenddiagonally across Patented m 23, m7.

the top of the carrier, one of said arms being located ad-' 32 aregraduated in length as shown in Fig. 3, the arm nearest the end of thetableadjacent to the first labeling machine in the gang being thelongest and the arm adjacent to the last labeling machine but one in thegang being the shortest. The arm 31 maybe set diagonally if the carrieris wide enough Arms 33 are mounted on the table 28 and extend acrosssaid table and then diagonally over the carrier and have forwardlyprojecting ends 33. I may make the arms straight to extend diagonallyover the table, as shown in Fig. l, or they may extend laterally acrossthe table, as shown in Fig. 3. These arms 33 correspond in number to thearms 32 and 31 and said arms are arranged relatively to each other inpairs for a purpose hereafter described. The table 28 has a side 28 andabove each arm 33 is a supplemental arm 34 narrower than the arm 33(Fig. 4).

In practice, assuming that the carrier is moving and all of the labelingmachines are being used, the bottles after being labeled are placed onthe carrier in front of the receiving guide arms 32 adjacent to therespective machines. When the bottles contact with the discharge arms 32they are caused to move in a diagonal direction across the table untilthey clear the ends of the arms. Then ,the bottles travel in a straightline with the carrier until they contact with the arms 33, which causethem to move in-a diagonal direction back across the carrier until theyare discharged from the carrier on to the table 28 in the spacesinclosed by the side 28 and the parts 33 of the arms 33. The packingtables 35 are located convenient to the discharge table 28 and thebottles are removed from said tableand placed in the cases, whichoperation is intended to be a continuous one so that the bottles willnot accumulate in great numbers on said table. All the bottles from onelabel-- ing machine will thus be carried to the same packer and there isno opportunity for the labeled bottles from the several labelingmachines to become mixed. The carrier provides a very expeditious andconvenient means for disposing of the bottles from the labeling machihesand entirely avoids the noise and confusion which result when thebottles are packed in cases at the labeling machines. As the packers donot have to sort the bottles according to brands they are enabled towork rapidly and steadily and thus the operation of labeling and packingbottles can be conducted with greatrapidity. Wrappers can be applied tothe bottles while they are traveling with the carrier and for thispurpose I provide the table 27 to hold a supply of wrap pers.

In order to avoid any possibility of the arms defacing or otherwisespoiling the labels on the bottles I prefer to arrange the receivingarms and the discharging arms so that they will contact with the bottlesbelow or above the labels, preferably below. The supplemental arms 34are provided to prevent the bottles from falling over when the arms 33are located close to the carrier belt as shown in the drawings. I

While the invention is particularly adapted for use in association witha bottle labeling machine it can obviously be used with equallydesirable results in association with machines employed in labeling cansor any other articles.

Instead of delivering the bottles from the carrier to the table asherein before described the invention may be employed for delivering thebottles on to another.

belt which in turn delivers the bottles to a table or to another belt,such arrangement being some times desirable where it is necessary tochange the direction of travel of the bottles in order to convey themfrom the labeling machines to the packing table.

The invention may be used for conveying bottles from one carrier belt toanother, the two belts being located side by side and traveling inopposite directions, and the distributing arms may be so arranged thatif the bottles are not removed from the second belt they will be'shiftedback on to the first belt and repeat their cycle of travel. Such anarrangement may be found desirable where the packing tables are locatedon the opposite side of the carrier to the labeling machines.

It will also be understood that the invention can be used for otherpurposes than for carrying bottles from labeling machines to the packingtables and I do not restrict myself herein to the particular use whichhas been described. For example, the invention can be used for conveyingbottles'from col-king machines to a pasteurizer to keep the bottlesseparated as to size or as to contents.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ISI- 1. Thecombination of a moving carrier for conveying bottles from a pluralityoi labeling .or other machines, located at one side of the carrier andmeans for guiding the bottles from each machine transversely on thecarrier to a predetermined position on the carrier so that the bottlesfrom the several machines will travel with the carrier in separatepaths. I

2. The combination of a moving carrier for conveying bottles from aplurality of labeling or other machines lo-. cated at one side of thecarrier to a corresponding number of packing tables located at one sideof the carrier, means for guiding the bottles froin each {machinetransversely on the carrier to a predetermined position on the carrierso bottles from a plurality of labeling or other machines lo- 'nted atone side of the carrier to a corresponding number of packing tubloslocated at one side of the carrier. a pinrality-of arms of graduatedlength projecting over the table for guiding the bottles from themachines to different positions on the carrier so that they will travelin separate paths. and a corresponding number of discharge armsprojecting over the carrier for discharging the bottles from the carriertcfthe packing tables and without mixing the bottles.

l. The combination of a moving carrier for bottles and the like. and twosets of arms projecting over and partly across the carrier. the arms ineach set being oppositely and diagonally disposed relatively to the armsin the other set.

The combination of a moving carrier for bottles and the like. aplurality of guide arms of graduated length projecting in a diagonaldirection over the carrier at its receiving end. and a plurality ofdischarge arms projecting v over the carrier at its discharge end andgraduated to correspond with the guide arms.

.6. The combination of a moving carrier for bottles and the like. aplurality of guide arms of graduated length projecting in adiagonuldircction over the carrier at its receiving end. and a pluralityof discharge arms projecting over the carrier at its discharge end. saiddischarge arms being graduated in length to correspond with thereceiving arms and arranged diagonally to said receiving arms.

7. 'lhc'combination of a moving carrier for bottles and the like. meansfor guiding bottles to difierent positions on the carrier so that theywill travel with the carrier in separate paths. a discharge table at theside of the carrier. and arms projecting diagonally over the carrier fordis= charging the bottles on ,to said table without mixing the bottles.

8. The combination of a moving carrier for bottles and the like. meansfor guiding bottles to different positions on the carrier so that theywill travel with the carrier in separate paths, a discharge table at theside of the carrier. and arms of graduated length projecting diagonallyover the carrier in said paths of travel of the bottles to discharge thebottles on to said table without mixing the bottles.

9. The combination of a moving carrier for bottles and the like. meansfor guiding bottles to different positions on the carrier so that theywill travel with the carrier in sep- 'arate paths. a discharge table atthe side of the carrier. arms of graduated length projecting diagonallyover the carrier in said paths of travel of thebottlcs to discharge thebottles on to said table without mixing the bottles, and

/forward extensions on the ends of said discharge. arms above thecarrier.

10. The combination of a moving carrier for bottles and the like. meansfor guiding bottles to difierent positions on the carrier so that theywill travel with the carrier in separate paths, a discharge table at theside of the carrier. means for discharging the bottles from the 'carrieron to said discharge table without mixing the bottles, and a tablelocated alongside of the carrier" between the receiving and dischargingends thereof.

11. The combination of a moving carrier for conveying bottles and thelike from a plurality of labeling or other machines, means tlor' causingthe bottles to travel with the carrier in separate paths, a plurality ofarms for discharging the bottles from the carrier without mixing thebottles, said arms being located so that they will not contact with thelabels on the bottles, and a supplemental arm above each of saiddischarge arms to prevent the hot-

